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Austin DBT
Candace Smith, LCSW, DBT Therapist

Candace Smith, LCSW, DBT Therapist

Welcome! I hope to provide you with all the info you’re looking for in finding the right therapist. I have been in providing evidence-based psychotherapy for teens and adults for 20 years here in Austin.

Candace Smith, LCSW

DBT Therapy

Clinically effective treatment for:

  • Anxiety

  • Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

  • Depression

  • Disordered Eating

  • Self Harm Behaviors

  • Difficulty Regulating Emotions

  • Relationship/Communication Struggles

  • Impulsive and Compulsive Behaviors

Click on link to schedule intake

https://candacedbt.clientsecure.me

 

Why DBT?

 

  • You have a hard time regulating your emotions, like anger and anxiety.

  • You may act in ways that make you feel bad about yourself. Impulsive or emotion driven.

  • You have trouble with relationships, i.e., you are too anxious to start them or if you are in a relationship, you may be tired of frequent conflicts and strong emotional reactions.

  • You realize that you’re stuck in dysfunctional patterns, like avoidance, overthinking,and seeking comfort in things like sex, alcohol, food, etc.

If you are tired of your emotions controlling your behavior, and you want to change, DBT is the treatment that can help.

 

what is therapy?

 

Therapy (psychotherapy) is a process of learning more about yourself.

When you understand yourself better, you have more ability to change the patterns that might be getting in the way of feeling as good as you would like.

If you are like most people, you run on auto-pilot; having the same thoughts and reactions day in and day out. You often WANT to change certain patterns, such as negative thinking or using a substance to temporarily feel better, but you find that your engrained tendencies keep pulling you back to the familiar.

Therapy can help you think and act in new ways, by learning techniques to increase awareness to your thoughts and emotions, by learning how to let go and/or reframe unhelpful thoughts, and by learning how to cope in all types of emotional situations.

 
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